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Emcee, in England
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compere
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Compere or compère refers to a master of ceremonies . It is also a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Loyset Compère , a French composer of the Renaissance Louis Fursy Henri Compere (1768-1833), a French general in the French Revolutionary ...
WordNet
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n. British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc v. act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly British English) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety or quiz show. vb. (context intransitive transitive English) To act as compere.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Brookside actress Rachael is making her Playhouse debut, while comedian Duggie Brown plays the compere . ▪ Duggie Brown is excruciatingly convincing as the sleazy, no-talent compere whose best reward is to grope all and sundry. ...
Usage examples of compere.
Seated on a green-and-white striped chair he watched a revue, of which from start to finish he understood but one word—'out', to wit—absorbed in the doings of a red-moustached gentleman in blue who wrangled in rapid French with a black-moustached gentleman in yellow, while a snow-white commere and a compere in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl.
Do an especially good job showing them how our nonhuman comperes behave in simulated natural settings.